Inscribed tombstone

Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 30

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Tombstone of Legion II Adiutrix Pia Fidelis. Lower portion only, broken at lower left corner.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 9.1891

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 36 inches; width 30 inches

Inscription: ESIS PUDENS G FIL / SER AVGUVSTA EQ / UES LEG II AD P F / ANNORVM XXXII / STIPENDIORVM / XIII H S ES
...]esis Pudens G(ai) fil(ius) Ser(gia tribu) Augusta eques leg(ionis) II Ad(iutricis) P(iae) F(idelis) annorum xxxii stipendiorum xiii h(ic) s(itus) es[t]
...esis Pudens, sone of Gaius, of the Sergian voting-tribe, from Augusta, trooper of the Seond Legion, Adiutrix Pia Fidelis, aged 32, of 13 years' service, lies buried here.
Augusta, now Aosta, in North Italy. Latin


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